Azure Network Engineer

Skills:

Network engineering, azure, azure automation, ansible, terraform, Firewall, load balancer

Top Skills Details:

Network engineering ,azure, azure automation

Description:

Network Design and Implementation:

-Plan, design, and implement complex network solutions to meet requirements, including remote branches, on-premises data centers, and cloud-based resources.

-Evaluate and recommend network hardware and software solutions.

Network Security:

-Implement and maintain network security measures to safeguard data, applications, and infrastructure.

-Monitor network traffic for security threats and response to incidents promptly.

Network Optimization:

-Continuously optimize network for performance and capacity to ensure high availability and reliability.

-Identify and resolve network bottlenecks and performance issues.

Troubleshooting and Support:

-Provide multi-level support for network related issues, ensuring timely resolution.

-Collaborate with other IT teams to diagnose and resolve complex network problems.

Documentation:

-Maintain comprehensive network documentation, including network diagrams, configurations, and standard operating processes.

-Compliance and Best Practice:

-Ensure network infrastructure complies with industry best practices and relevant regulatory requirements.

-Stay current with emerging network technologies and recommend improvements accordingly.

Vendor Management:

-Collaborate with vendors and service providers to procure and manage network related services and equipment.

-IT experience working in an enterprise environment and expertise with firewalls, WAFs, VPNs, switches, routers (physical and virtual), and cloud-networks.

-Design and implementation experience with LAN, WAN, WLAN, and VPN.

-Network capacity planning and management of DHCP, DNS, IPAM, ITAM, logging and monitoring platforms.

-Experienced with load balancers, Azure ExpressRoutes, and Edge/WAN management.

-Working knowledge with IP routing protocols such as BPG and OSPF.

-Experience with network automation and infrastructure-as-code / scripting languages such as Terraform and Ansible.

-Familiar with cloud-hosted private Git repos such as Azure Repos and pull requests.

-Practical knowledge of modern encryption protocols, decryption, and inline inspection.

-Leverage user-id based policy management and additional NextGen firewall functions.

-Onboarding device support via policy managed platforms to grant varying levels of access, authentications, and 802.1x compliance.

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

-Ensure uninterrupted network and security services supporting all technology infrastructure.

-Implement updates, patches, and upgrades across various network hard

-Manage layer 1 connectivity as appropriate

-Exceptional organizational skills, follow through, and multitasking abilities.

-Able to drive results with a sense of urgency relative to the end user.

-Decisiveness, good judgment, analytical/math aptitude, and problem-solving skills to act with authority and take risks in an environment with little direction from others.

-Excellent communicator with strong organizational savvy and leadership skills necessary to interface with and influence all levels of organization.

-Ability to work in a fast paced and dynamic environment.

-Ability to think strategically bit willingness to handle the mechanics of technology services required by the business

o Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification

and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to

specific elections, plan, or program terms.  If eligible, the benefits

available for this temporary role may include the following:

§ Medical, dental & vision

§ Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital

§ 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available

§ Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)

§ Short and long-term disability

§ Health Spending Account (HSA)

§ Transportation benefits

§ Employee Assistance Program

§ Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

About TEKsystems:

Were partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. Thats the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.